Busy week ….here and there

The research, conducted by open government advocacy group the Sunlight Foundation, shows that more than two dozen government agencies had misreported the money they spent that year to USASpending.Gov—or had not reported it at all. [snip]

And perhaps most egregiously, it failed to report $463 billion it spent providing medicare supplementary medical insurance, despite having reported spending on that program far more consistently in prior years, according to the data.

More than two dozen agencies misreported or didn’t report their expenditures at all. Most transparent government ever!

Meanwhile at the DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, fashion advice was given to those who want to succeed.

“Makeup makes you more attractive.” “Don’t be a plain Jane.” “A sweater with a skirt is better than a sweater with slacks.” “No flats.” “Paint your nails.” “Don’t be afraid of color.” And, “brunettes have more leeway with vibrant colors than blondes or redheads.”

Making excuses for climate models that have been proven to be totally wrong. The UN has its own policy agenda, to which it religiously adheres, making life much harder for everyone on the planet. It is their way of redistributing wealth to third world countries by accusing the more prosperous west of wreaking havoc on the planet.

Temperatures have not risen nearly as much as almost all of the climate models predicted. Their predictions have largely failed, four times in a row… what that means is that it’s time for them to re-evaluate. It is evidence that CO2 is not nearly as strong a climate driver as the IPCC has been assuming.

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“Instead, today’s poor are often petulant, entitled, irresponsible, and ungrateful, caught up in a culture of crime and cheap thrills.”
Oh dear, that’s depressing- you’ve just described my neighborhood.

Oh yes, it was not exactly stellar…. the mics for the other two members of Destiny’s Child were turned down so low…one of them cut out altogether.
More of a Las vegas act than a primetime slot at the Superbowl.

“Due to the massive scope of the fraud, which involved over 25,000 fraudulent credit cards, loss calculations are ongoing and final confirmed losses may grow substantially,” Simpson said.

The proceeds, authorities said, were used for luxury automobiles, electronics, spa treatments, high-end clothing and millions of dollars in gold. Authorities said the fraudsters also stockpiled large sums of case and approximately $70,000 in cash was found in one defendant’s oven.

Though the scheme targeted credit card companies, Paul Fishman, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, said customers everywhere could feel the impact.

“Through their greed and their arrogance, the individuals arrested today and their conspirators allegedly harmed not only the credit card issuers, but everyone who deals with increased interest rates and fees because of the money sucked out of the system by criminals acting in fraud rings like this one,” Fishman said.

The defendants, including the alleged ringleaders, Babar Qureshi and Muhammad Shafiq, are due to make their initial court appearances this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in a Newark federal court.”

“Back in October, the startup tech firm Silent Circle ruffled governments’ feathers with a “surveillance-proof” smartphone app to allow people to make secure phone calls and send texts easily. Now, the company is pushing things even further—with a groundbreaking encrypted data transfer app that will enable people to send files securely from a smartphone or tablet at the touch of a button. (For now, it’s just being released for iPhones and iPads, though Android versions should come soon.) That means photographs, videos, spreadsheets, you name it—sent scrambled from one person to another in a matter of second”